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Migrant Women on the Labour Market: On the Role of Home- and Host-Country Participation

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  • Kok, Suzanne

    (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)

  • Bosch, Nicole

    (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)

  • Deelen, Anja

    (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)

  • Euwals, Rob

    (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)

Abstract

The behaviour of migrant women on the labour market is influenced by a variety of factors, among which the culture of the home and host country. Part of the literature investigates the role of home-country culture. This study extends the literature by including a measure for the influence of host-country culture as an additional determinant of the participation of migrant women. The empirical model explains participation from demographics and educational attainment, and uses home- and host-country female participation as proxies for culture. Evidence on the basis of the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1996-2007 suggests that both differences in home-country female participation and the trend in native female participation, as a measure for host-country culture, affect the participation of migrant women. The results suggest that host-country participation is at least as important as home-country participation.

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  • Kok, Suzanne & Bosch, Nicole & Deelen, Anja & Euwals, Rob, 2011. "Migrant Women on the Labour Market: On the Role of Home- and Host-Country Participation," IZA Discussion Papers 5817, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    female labour force participation; immigration; cultural transmission;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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